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I'm stubborn enough that I've never resorted to outside help for problems
on my old Dell Dim 4100 or my previous computers - all the way back to that
Tandy 1000 SL. This one's in dire need of a fresh start, but it'll be a while
before I get around to it. Meanwhile, it takes all my verbal (and sometimes
physical) abuse with equanimity. Except that I killed a mouse last Fall, which
my wife found hilarious.

These days I usually google and browse the support forum archives when I can't
figure out what's wrong. I'm a few years into using WinXP, since my wife got her
laptop in... 2003? 2004? whenever. Dell again, Inspiron 9300.

I've run into a situation I can't find an answer to online, so I'll be posting an SOS
shortly...